Peters Valley Photographic Retreat

It will take me a few blog entries to describe the incredible photographic retreat I went on this past weekend at Peter's Valley. I will be teaching at the Peters Valley Craft Center this summer. This is a  photograph that I took there yesterday. The area is gorgeous and filled with streams, rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. Perfect for the workshop I will be teaching http://www.petersvalley.org/brochure/photography.pdf

Bodies in Water: The Penultimate Metaphor 

Laurie Klein 

August 13-16 (4 day) 

Photography in and around water presents unique challenges and op-portunities. In this workshop we will use the female form in water to ex-plore the many techniques for cre-ating stunning metaphoric images. By conducting daily shooting exer-cises, you will gain insight and knowl-edge about reflectivity, exposures in changing conditions, and the pros and cons of b&w, infrared and color photography under these condi-tions. Best of all with be the fun and unpredictability that only water of-fers. You will learn special pre-visualization techniques, as well as how to pose your subject and use artificial textures to create organic results. In addition, there will be end of day group interaction, group cri-tiquing and an opportunity for indi-vidual critiquing of your portfolio by Laurie Klein. This workshop is for women only.